[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12230]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO LT. COL. DOUG ROSSELL

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 22, 2015

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Lt. Col. Doug Rossell of Atlantic, Iowa for his recent 
retirement from the Iowa National Guard on May 3rd, 2015. He served his 
country for 28 years in the Iowa National Guard and the U.S. Army.
  Lt. Col. Rossell was a graduate of Griswold Community High School 
before receiving an Army ROTC Scholarship to Northwest Missouri State 
University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and U.S. Army Reserve 
commission. He immediately joined the Iowa Army National Guard, where 
he served in a number of different roles, as a guardsmen and as an 
active duty member of the military. Lt. Col. Rossell received a number 
of military awards while in service including, but not limited to: the 
Meritorious Service Medal, Army and Air Force Commendation medal, the 
Army Achievement Medal, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, and 
the National Defense Service Medal. This is only a small sample of Lt. 
Col. Rossell's various awards during his decorated military career and 
we cannot thank him enough for his sacrifices for our country.
  I commend and thank Lt. Col. Rossell for his many years of dedicated 
service to his fellow Americans and Iowans. It is because of people 
like Lt. Col. Rossell that we are able to sleep soundly at night 
knowing our safety and security are in their capable hands. I am proud 
to represent Lt. Col. Rossell in the United States Congress and I know 
my colleagues in the House join me in congratulating him on his 
retirement. I wish him and his family nothing but the best moving 
forward.

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